Antipodean agricultural and resource economics at 60: agricultural innovation

Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics

Sample Courses and Course Materials in Agricultural Economics Supported in part by the National Science Foundation, the DLESE offers access to electronic materials in all aspects of earth science education, including agricultural economics, for both teachers and learners at all levels. Has searchable database with such materials as maps, images, online courses, field and lab activities, curricu...

Subject Pools and Deception in Agricultural and Resource Economics Experiments

The use of student subjects and the role of deception in economic experiments are two controversial issues that have been widely discussed in the agricultural and resource economics (ARE) community recently. We provide a self-contained methodological discussion of these issues from the perspective of the larger experimental economics community. Our main points are that field professionals are m...

AMR 06 - 02 Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics , Fort

The potential for wine production as an economic development driver is of interest to a growing number of states throughout the country. Following this trend, Colorado is a growing presence in the Intermountain West’s wine industry, with over $11 billion in sales in 2005, leading to over $21 in induced economic activity, or over $41 million when affiliated tourism and event activities are taken...

Innovation Capacity in Agricultural Sector

The changing context for agricultural development has highlighted a strong need to understand and adoptinnovation systems thinking. Science, technology and innovation policy has equated rural development toagricultural development. The main objective of this paper was to examine the role of innovation capacity inagricultural sector. With the growing diversification of rural livelihood options i...

Purdue Agricultural Economics Report